#A17B23#A17B23

#A17B23 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.219; OKLCH L 60.5% C 0.111 H 83.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A17B23
RGB	rgb(161, 123, 35)
HSL	hsl(42, 64%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(42, 78%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 23.6%, 78.3%, 36.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.88, 6.17, 50.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.88, 50.97, 83.05°)
OKLab	oklab(60.47% 0.0119 0.1106)
OKLCH	oklch(60.47% 0.111 83.9)
XYZ	xyz(22.0857, 21.8659, 4.6471)
Luminance	0.2186 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A17B23 #2349A1

analogous

#A13C23 #A17B23 #88A123

triadic

#A17B23 #23A17B #7B23A1

tetradic

#A17B23 #23A13C #2349A1 #A12388

square

#A17B23 #23A13C #2349A1 #A12388

split-complementary

#A17B23 #2388A1 #3C23A1

monochromatic

#3C2E0D #6F5518 #A17B23 #D2A12F #DDB862

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.91

#A17B23 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.37

#A17B23 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A17B23

5.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A17B23	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A17B23	1.00	3.91	5.37	5.37
#FFFFFF	3.91	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8B7B14

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#948527

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AF6F6A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a17b23;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(161, 123, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.5% 0.111 83.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c1a065',
    500: '#a17b23',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a17b23;
$custom-light: #c1a065;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a17b23",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 161,
    "g": 123,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.905,
    "s": 64.286,
    "l": 38.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60473,
    "c": 0.11125,
    "h": 83.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.21864
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A17B23

secondary

#5E7CC2

accent

#73E741

background

#FCF9F6

surface

#F8F2EB

border

#D1CCC6

text

#130E06

muted

#827E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A17B23

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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